Four-in-hand tie



Jan. 11, 1938.

l. D. WOLFSON 2,105,306

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Patented Jan. 11, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOUR-lN-HAND TIE Isadore D. Wolfson, Wcodmere, N.

Application May 14, 1937, Serial No. 142,605

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a four-in-hand tie and it has for its object to produce such a tie comprising two layers of fabric only, and to so construct the tie that it will be light and flexible at all points and capable of producing the much desired small knot when in use and at the same time insure the proper drape of the apron or overlying ends immediately adjacent to and below the knot.

A further object is to insure that the tie material forming the front face of the tie when in use will be properly supported and cushioned to resist wrinkling regardless of the number of times the tie may be knotted in use, Without the necessity of employing a so-called stufiing or interlining.

A further object is to so cut and form the two layers of material as to effect a material saving both in the cost of the material required and in the labor involved in manufacturing.

To the above ends the present invention consists of the necktie as hereinafter described and claimed.

The necktie is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows in elevation and reduced size the tie looped or doubled upon itself to show the front and back thereof;

Fig. 2 shows a back view of the two plies after they have been stitched together at opposite ends during the process of manufacturing;

Fig. 3 shows a back view after the lateraledges have been folded and secured by a slip stitch:

Fig. 4 shows a cross section taken on lines cutting the stitched ends of the tie;

Fig. 5 shows a cross section taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows on that line;

Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6-6 in Fig.- 3, looking in the direction ofthe arrows o that line;

Fig. 7 shows a plan view of the blank of tie material forming the front face of the tie;

Fig. 8 shows a plan of the blank forming the lining and facing of the tie.

Similar reference characters will be employed to designate corresponding parts.

The tie comprises two plies of material only, a front ply I made of any suitable tie material and a back ply 2 made of any suitable material for forming a facing and lining. The blanks I and 2 will preferably be cut on the bias and the blank I cut from tie material, as shown in Fig. 7, has at each end the tapered and pointed aprons 3 and I, the latter being somewhat smaller than .55 the former. Between the opposite ends or aprons 3 and ithe blank I is provided with a narrowed portion 5 bounded by the concave curved lines 6 and l, the narrowest part of this portion of the blanks being embodied in the neck band portion of the tie, as will be hereinafter set forth. Along one edge the blank I of tie material (see Fig. '7) is cut with a marginal projection 8 having shoulders 9 at each end. Along the opposite edge. the blank of tie material will be provided with guide notches I0 and II to assist in positioning the blank 2 with relation to blank I as will be set forth. v

The combined facing and lining material comprises a blank 2 shown in Fig. 8 which may be made of any suitable material having the required texture and finish, for instance a soft twoface fabric, one face of which will be composed of silk yarns and will have all the appearance and finish of silk fabric, and the opposite face formed of yarns composed of wool or worsted, the M silk yarns and the wool or worsted yarns being woven together in a manner Well known in the weaving art and need not be described. The blank 2 will be substantially co-extensive in length with the blank I and along one edge itwill be cut away on the concave curved line I2 having shoulders I3 at the opposite ends of the cut-away part. Along the opposite edge there will be a concave curved line I4 extending substantially from end to end of the blank so that the neck band portion of blank 2 will be somewhat narrower than the neck band portion of blank' I, in fact blank 2 will at all points be somewhat narrower than blank I.

In manufacturing the tie the two blanks I and 2 will be superimposed with the back or under surface of blank 2 in contact with the outer surface of the tie material blank I and the apron parts 3 and 4 of the blanks will be stitched together at each end only, as indicated by the broken lines I5 in Fig. 2. After the apron parts have been stitched together as shown in Fig. 2, the parts will be turned, thus concealing the cut edges and the stitches I5 as indicated in Fig.- 4. Of course in such turning operation the parts of the blanks between the aprons will also be turned so that the outer face of the material of blank 2 will be exposed along the entire length oi the tie with the inner or back face in contact with theinner face of the tie material of blank I. When turned the extended portion I of. blank I of tie material will be folded over the adjacent raw or cut edge I2. of blank 2 as indicated at I6 in Fig. 2, and also as shown in Fig. 5. This will cover and enclose the raw, or cut edge of blank 2 in the finished tie. Thereafter the opposite marginal edges of the two blanks l and 2 from one end to the other of the tie will be folded over together first along the broken line I! (see Fig. 2), thus producing the folded edge l8 of the neck band portion as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. This will result in placing the raw cut edges along this side of the folded blanks in position to be covered and protected by the subsequent folding along the line H! as will now be described. Thereafter the opposite edge of the tie will be folded along the broken line i9 from end to end producing a folded portion 20 which is superimposed upon and overlaps the raw cut edges of the folded portion l8 as indicated in Figs. 3, 5 and 6. The two overlapping folds of the tie are then secured together by a slip stitch 2| extending along the entire back of the tie from points approximating the stitched aprons at the opposite ends leaving the tips at the back open. This completes the tie.

It will be observed that the complete'tie is formed of two plies of fabric only, and that in making the tie there is a minimum amount of stitching employed, the aprons at the ends of the tie only being sewed together, and further that the raw edges of the cut material are covered along one side by folding the two plies along the line IT and on the opposite side by folding over the extended portion i6 and again folding the two plies on the line l9, thus covering and protecting the raw cut edges of the material.

The back of the finished tie will have the appearance as shown in' Fig. 1, with the tie material of blank i showing on the outer surface at all points excepting the extreme tips of the respective aprons disclosing the combined facing and lining as indicated at 22 beyond the overlapping folds.

Slip stitching 2| unites the overlapping folds and permits considerable longitudinal stretch of the bias material of which the blanks are made without liability of breakage .with the resultant loosening and displacement of the interfolded and overlapped folded portions.

As indicated in Figs. 7 and 8, for economy in cutting the materials the blanks l and 2 may be formed partly of intermediate sections 23 and 24 formed of the marginal parts produced in the cutting of the major portion of the blanks l and 2 which readily lend themselves to incorporation in the tie in the manner as indicated.

I claim:

1. A four-in-hand necktie comprising two plies of fabric only, each ply having apron portions at the ends and an intermediate narrow neck band portion, one of said plies forming the front of the tie and the other the lining and facing at the back of the tie, the said plies being of substantially the same shape and of approximately equal length, and said plies united at and ad- 'acent the apron ends by stitching, and the intermediate portions folded to overlap and united by slip-stitching.

2. A tie, such as defined in claim I, in which the tie material is provided along one edge of the intermediate portion with an overlapping flap covering the raw cut edge of the lining and facing, said materials at the opposite edges being substantially coincident with each other and overlapped and secured to each other by slipstitching which terminates at the apron portions, the edge covered by the overlapping flap of tie material overlying and covering the opposite edges.

3. A four-in-hand tie comprising two blanks or plies of substantially the same shape, one blank constituting the front of the tie and the other the lining and facing of the tie, the latter blank having raw cut edges at all points, said blanks at the opposite ends being inturned and stitched together to form the aprons, leaving the intermediate portions free, the blank of tie material having an overlapping portion enclosing the raw edge of the lining and facing blank, the opposite edges of the blanks turned over with the raw termediate part secured together by a slip stitch.

ISADORE D. WOLFSON. 

